Gastropteron is a genus of small colorful sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Gastropteridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Gastropteron. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181211 on 2015-06-30
Species Species within the genus Gastropteron include: Gastropteron bicornutum Baba & Tokioka, 1965 Gastropteron chacmol Gosliner, 1989 Gastropteron hamanni Gosliner, 1989 Gastropteron japonicum Tokioka & Baba, 1964 Gastropteron odhneri Gosliner, 1989 Gastropteron pacificum Bergh, 1894 Gastropteron rubrum (Rafinesque, 1814) Gastropteron sibogae Bergh, 1905 Gastropteron sinense A. Adams, 1861 Gastropteron vespertilium Gosliner & Armes, 1984 – flapping dingbat Gastropteron viride Tokioka & Baba, 1964
Synonymy:
Gastropteron alboaurantium Gosliner, 1984 = Siphopteron alboaurantium (Gosliner, 1984) Gastropteron brunneomarginatum Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron brunneomarginatum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974) Gastropteron cinereum Dall, 1925 = Gastropteron pacificum Bergh, 1894 Gastropteron citrinum Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron citrinum (Carlson & Hoff, 1974) Gastropteron flavobrunneum Gosliner, 1984 = Siphopteron flavobrunneum (Gosliner, 1984) Gastropteron flavum Tokioka & Baba, 1964 = Siphopteron flavum (Tokioka & Baba, 1964) Gastropteron fuscum Baba & Tokioka, 1965 = Siphopteron fuscum (Baba & Tokioka, 1965) Gastropteron ladrones Carlson & Hoff, 1974 = Siphopteron ladrones (Carlson & Hoff, 1974) Gastropteron meckeli Blainville, 1825 = Gastropteron rubrum (Rafinesque, 1814) Gastropteron michaeli Gosliner & Williams, 1988 = Siphopteron michaeli (Gosliner & Williams, 1988) Gastropteron pohnpei Hoff & Carlson, 1983 = Siphopteron pohnpei (Hoff & Carlson, 1983)
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